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05/28/2010

Greta brought home three small tomato plants that she grew from seed at school.

My daughter Greta brought home three small tomato plants that she grew from seed at school. Her 2nd grade science classes revolved about the life cycle this year…every thing from seeing chicks hatch to growing these tomatoes. She and I have decided to build our own Topys Turvy … you know one of those planters that grows tomatoes upside down? We figure we can build it out of an old plastic coffee container… add holes for drainage and cut an X in the bottom for her tomato plants to grow. It is an extension of our garden. In theory it will work very well. The reality may very well be quite different. It will be interesting to see if in fact we are able to grow these tomatoes with out putting these in the garden itself and it will be interesting to see if the tomatoes we grow upside down will be any better or easier than the ones we have to put in the ground. It is a controlled experiment and a bit of a risk.